We left Loveland at 6:15 AM this morning. The boys spent about the first 4 hours with Mom and I in our car, but switched over to the van and finished out the day there. We did the switch at McDonald's in LeRoy, IL. It was a super smooth day (especially the portion we travelled without kids!). We pulled into the AmericInn hotel at Chippewa Falls at around 4:00 PM local time. Tim, the boys, and the dogs were just under an hour behind us. It was so relaxing to have a few minutes to myself in the room before the chaos invaded.
Tim was pretty zonked from driving all day, so he stayed in the room with the dogs while Mom, the boys, and I went to dinner. We found a place very close to the hotel called Ralph's Red Apple Grill and Bar. They had fried cheese curds, about 6 varieties of Leinie's on tap, and broasted chicken. I knew then that I was in the north country! I brought a salad and some of Zachary's leftover pizza back to Tim. After dinner, I took the boys to swim. The hotel is the same one we stayed at with the Loughners last year. Not only do they have pool and large hot tub; they also have a relatively large water slide that empties into its own 3 foot pool. There was also a zero-depth entry pool for the really little kids. We lucked out, because the life guard who was supposed to be on duty manning the slide had quit the night before, but the morning life guard stayed late, and the boys went down the water slide until 8 PM. Zachary even made a friend. He tossed balls and jumped in the pool over and over with a 10 year old girl. I let him stay late just because he was being so social. Mom offered to let a boy sleep in her room, but they both chose to stay with us.
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